2017 Kia Sedona

The vehicles paint is peeling off on multiple surfaces of which I have found is widely known consumer issue for Kia and Hyundai. There is a facebook group that details the issue: https://www.facebook.com/DefectiveKiaPaint/ I initially thought this was an isolated incident, but, have come to find out is much worse than expected. Please let me know what I should or can do to have the manufacturer address this issue so I do not lose more value in my investment than what one expects with an aging vehicle.

Driving and van started decelerating while still pressing gas. Got off road. Turned off van. Smelled something burning. Called tow truck. Tried to re-start and won’t turn over. Mechanic said the fuel rails too low code and cylinder misfire. Engine is now damaged due hydraulic lock. Kia recalled 2011-2012 vans for defective fuel rail and possible fire. Will not assist as we are 2nd owners and don’t fall under warranty. It def could have caught on fire based on what I researched. Please advise.

Since the beginning of using this vehicle every so many times of going to open the passenger and rear doors they will not open (manually or electronically by pulling on door handle. I have to reach into car and push the door open buttons on the front seat console on ceiling or the car. I took it back to Kia and they said it was a software update. I have made complaints and taken it back on more then three occasions and nothing has fixed the problem. I should have made this complaint a long time ago. I am raising my grandchildren and I should be able to manually pull the door open from pulling on the door handle. If there is an accident I won’t be able to Extricate the children from the middle or back rows by manually pulling on the handle and Opening the door. Same thing happens on the truck door. So tired of this issue!!!

This event occurred on June 3, 2021. The passenger sliding door sunshade (in use) began to rip from the top edge due to a 3.4 year old child pulling on it from their front facing carseat on a long drive. Unknown to the driver, the sunshade fabric had ripped about 5 inches away, leaving a portion of the rod exposed. When the damage was noticed, the driver disconnected the shade and recessed it for the next duration of travel in an attempt to keep the child safe and to ensure no further damage to the shade. While continuing the drive child, the child reached over and had begun mouthing the end of the rod while recessed. The van later stopped. Driver opened automatic sliding door from outside unknowingly while rod was in toddler's mouth. As the door retracted to the rear, the exposed rod end was thrust down the toddler's throat. The child shrieked in pain and fear. Driver reached around and attempted to pull the rod forward from the toddler's throat unsuccessfully (because the door was still in backwards movement. The toddler's head was pinned. The child finally turned their head towards the door and the road sprung out from pressure. Child had bruising and slight bleeding from the back of throat and a scrape along the inside of the cheek where the rod drug on its way out of the mouth. Child was removed from carseat and checked for severe injuries. There was no significant bleeding, the airway was unaffected, and photographs could not be taken due to the location of the injury and the age of the child. The child was held and consoled. The child and parents were extremely traumatized and it took nearly an hour to continue the drive to the destination. Child had instantly become fearful of the carseat. The sunshade was manually removed entirely from the rod and the fabric recessed itself into the opening. The rod is intact and in possession. We will not be repairing it due to fear of a repeated injury. This event could easily occur again.

MY 2017 KIA SEDONA SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION ON A STREET. I HAD TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK TURN THE KEY AND THEN RESTART MY CAR. THIS HAPPENS ON 10/31/2019. ROUGHLY 20 MINUTES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS TOWED TO THE KIA SERVICE CENTER AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. ON 2/1/2020 MY CAR SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE AT A RED LIGHT. ON 2/25/2020 WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION IT SHUT OFF AGAIN. THIS TIME A CAR BEHIND ME HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE OTHER LANE IN ORDER NOT TO SLAM IN TO ME. ON 2/26/2020 WHILE DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL IT SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KIA SERVICE CENTER. IT IS STILL CURRENTLY THERE. THEY ARE STATING THEY CAN'T REPLICATE THE ISSUE.

IMAGES ON THE BACKUP CAMERA IS INTERMITTENTLY VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE. THIS IS EASY TO REPRODUCE WHEN BACKING OUT OF A COVERED GARAGE INTO SUNLIGHT. WHILE THE ENTIRE CAR IS IN THE SHADE THE IMAGE IS CLEAR, HOWEVER AS SOON AS THE CAMERA ON THE BACK OF THE CAR HITS THE SUN, THE IMAGE BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE. IT IS "BLOWN OUT" AND VERY WHITE. AS SOON AS THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHERE THE LIGHT SENSOR IS HITS THE SUNLIGHT THE BACKUP IMAGE ADJUSTS AND IS CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE. THE SYSTEM NEEDS A LIGHT SENSOR WHERE THE CAMERA IS LOCATED IN ORDER TO ADJUST THE LIGHT SETTINGS TO MATCH THE CAMERA'S ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS DANGEROUS IN THAT THE CAMERA IS INITIALLY WORKING AND THEN SUDDENLY BECOMES UNUSABLE WHILE THE DRIVER MAY BE RELYING ON IT. THIS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH OR INJURY AS THE DRIVER BACKS UP WHILE RELYING ON THE BACKUP CAMERA SYSTEM. THIS IS FAIRLY EASY TO REPRODUCE CONSISTENTLY.